Evidently, the left are in a tizzy over this:

My son is an officer in the Air Force, I’m a vet., and I was raised in a military family. And I think it’s a sorry state of affairs. When we have illegal aliens; having a medic-aid card that can access specialists, top physicians, the best of medical, and our vets can’t even get to a doctor. And these are the people that we tied yellow ribbons for and Bush patted on the back. If we don’t re-enact the draft, I don’t think we’ll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of Hell. SEN JOHN MCCAIN: Ma’am let me say that I don’t disagree with anything you have said, and thank you.

He has said repeatedly that we do not need a draft and he isn’t interested reinstating it. Here’s a video where he makes his reasons clear why a draft does not make sense. As you can see it’s a very strong response:Clearly McCain formed his answer to the question before he had heard her entire statement and wasn’t really paying attention to what she tacked on the end.

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